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Elon Musk and the phoney far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women

Across the 2000s, a series of child sex exploitation cases affected British towns, including Telford, Rochdale, Oxford and Rotherham, scarring the lives of hundreds of children. In 2011, Times journalist Andrew Norfolk reported that networks – so-called “grooming gangs” – of largely British Asian men of Pakistani heritage had trafficked…

The Conversation · Jan 14, 2025

Welsh First Minister faces calls to back grooming gang inquiry

A debate in the Senedd was heated, with the leader of the Welsh Conservatives told to ‘tone it down’ by the Llywydd.

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

Grooming gangs made up of ‘peasants’ from ‘sub-communities’, says Badenoch

Tory leader says new inquiry should look at background of perpetrators as well as why some in authority did not act

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

Labour MP joins calls for national inquiry into grooming gangs

Dan Carden says government must heed calls for justice and show ‘whose side it on’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025

Majority of British public believe Elon Musk having negative impact on UK politics, poll suggests

Nearly half of those polled by Opinium say Elon Musk’s claims on grooming gangs are ‘unhelpful’

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2025

Labour MP calls for national grooming inquiry

Liverpool MP Dan Carden is the first Labour MP to break ranks and call for an inquiry.

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2025

Four councils back motion to classify ‘Asian grooming gangs’ as an Islamophobic term

Oxford, Newcastle, Manchester, and Calderdale councils are expected to back a report claiming the phrase perpetuates harmful stereotypes

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2025

City Hall Tories demand Sadiq Khan set up grooming gang inquiry

The mayor’s team has in turn criticised the ‘woeful failure of the last Government’ to implement Alexis Jay’s inquiry recommendations

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025

Most grooming gang offences carried out by white men, police chiefs say

Elon Musk has used his platform X to wage an online campaign against the government over the issue of grooming gangs.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

Child sexual abuse inquiry chairwoman to face questions from MPs

Professor Alexis Jay will appear before the Commons Home Affairs Committee on January 21 alongside the inquiry’s secretary, John O’Brien.

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025